(A) Firms.—Buildings and other property destroyed or damaged belonging to firms in Peking, Tientsin, or elsewhere, including alterations and temporary repairs, survey expenses for verifying or certifying to the damage, etc.
(B) Industrial Enterprises.—Direct loss experienced by industrial undertakings, works commenced, lost or retarded.
(C) Merchants.—Personal property of destroyed or damaged including alterations and temporary repairs, sur-expenses for verifying the damage, Funxrrurs.—Employees' salaries whose services could not be utilised.
Unavoidable general expenses which have not been recovered in consequence of events, Stock in trade, goods, stores, valuable samples destroyed or deteriorated.
Extraordinary warehouse expenses and transhipment.
Debts admitted valid which have become irrecoverable.
Bank Bills lost or become irrecoverable.
Hard cash, sycee, bills payable on demand, breakage of contracts of all kinds, loss experienced in consequence of the nonexecution of contracts made for articles of export and import.
tone deposited in Telegraph Offices or Banks. Advances made to Chinese merchants who have become insolvent in consequence of the troubles. Extraordinary insurance expenses rendered necessary bY the troubles.
Goods requisitioned by foreign troops for barricades (defence works).
(D) Individuals.—Property destroyed or depreciated camp po temporary alterations and repairs, survey expenses for estimating the damage. Breakage of contracts of all kinds, loss sustained in consequence of tion-execution of contracts. Articles destroyed or lost in consequence of the troubles.
Furniture, effects, jewellery, hard cash, Bank notes (irrecoverable), objects of art, pictures, photographs, and family portraits according to the outside value only. trinkets, books, collections, memoirs, letters, document®(these esti mated at their market value) and materials used for pubbs! on condition that their real value is proved, Plans, instruments, stores, live stock and sundry other flings.
Articles lost or destroyed in pawnshops, deductions being made for advances received on these articles. Rent not recoverable or paid in advance and not used in consequence of the trouble.
Money deposited in Telegraph Offices or Banks. Travelling expenses to nearest place of security. Wounds or cruel treatment bringing about the loss of means of family support, incapacity for work or direct loss " f money.
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